Not deterred by her $100 million personal expenditure on two unsuccessful bids for the U.S. Senate, former WWE chief executive Linda McMahon and her husband, Vince McMahon, have contributed close to $1 million this campaign cycle to Republican candidates and causes.

Election records in New Jersey show the couple gave $15,200 to help Chris Christie get re-elected as governor, Christie having campaigned for McMahon in 2012 and the WWE having staged WrestleMania 29 last year at MetLife Stadium in the Garden State.

A request for comment was left Friday with McMahon's spokeswoman, who is often at McMahon's side at GOP political events, including a dinner honoring former Gov. M. Jodi Rell earlier this week in Waterbury.

Around the same time, McMahon gave $100,000 to the America Rising PAC, an opposition research organization that helps Republicans.

"I think it says that she cares," Floren said. "She cares desperately about the future of this country. She cares desperately about the direction the GOP is headed ... ."

This year, McMahon and her wrestling impresario husband have contributed $40,000 to the Connecticut GOP, the maximum allowed between the party's state and federal fundraising accounts.

State Republican Chairman Jerry Labriola Jr., who was photographed with McMahon during the dinner for Rell, said McMahon recognizes that Connecticut residents are suffering under the leadership of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

"She knows the only way to fix Connecticut's floundering economy is through strong Republican leadership," Labriola told Hearst.

"Connecticut Republicans are on the wrong side of the issues, from guns, to education, to the health care," Puglia said. "Because of that, they need to rely on Linda McMahon, a failed, self-funded candidate who has never held elected office in her life."